YANKI on BPL #148: “We Needed to Use a Couple of Smokes”

PMCS eSports finished second in the PUBG Mobile BigPlay Pro League #148 S16 final with 64 points, ten behind DAGESTAN77. YANKI took the individual MVP award, ending the final with 14 eliminations and a 2.80 K/D.

In our interview, he looks back at key moments from all five maps: FLAME’s move after the fight with DG, a case of mistaken identity on Miramar, and the smokes PMCS needed on Rondo and the second Erangel. We also discuss next year’s plans and his experience at the PUBG Mobile World Cup 2024.

BPL #148’s Opening Maps: FLAME’s Flank and DG’s Push

1. On the first Erangel, you pushed into DG’s smokes with a Groza and finished with six eliminations. But FLAME then eliminated PMCS: unknwn67 was playing separately and hit you from above. What forced you to reposition so quickly after the DG fight, and could you have anticipated that move?

Another team started third-partying us straight after the fight, so we needed to change position quickly. The player moving up from the compound to the hill was something we could have anticipated. We just weren’t thinking about it at that moment.

2. On the first Miramar, you were fighting IMPULSE when DG arrived as a third party and quickly wiped you. What did you know about DG’s position, and did you have time to finish the fight before they arrived?

We actually started the fight thinking it was DG, because they often play that compound. Once we realised it wasn’t them, we tried to finish the fight as quickly as possible before DG arrived. But we didn’t make it in time.

Rondo and the Late Games: Where PMCS Needed More Smokes

3. PMCS finished third on Rondo with 11 eliminations, with FUY3Ue and KIPPASSA playing out the closing stages. What needed to be different to keep more players alive for the final fight?

MATVIC and I shouldn’t have died in those positions. We needed to use a couple of smokes to cross, and all four of us would have survived. We might even have won the game, but we would definitely have finished at least second.

4. On the second Erangel, you eliminated DG, but 77 from TRIADA intervened from behind, leaving you alone against two PERMITTA players. What were you missing to make that endgame work?

I really regretted using all my smokes. If I’d had even one left, I could have moved up into cover using the terrain and thrown the grenades I still had. Without the smokes, I was just a target out there.

5. On the final Miramar, PMCS took the initiative in the fight against RD, but DG joined immediately afterwards. How did that situation look from inside the team?

Things got chaotic towards the end of the map. A team drove over to us from inside the zone, and we had to fight them. Naturally, DG used that opening to make their move. It turned out the way it did.

The Next Official Tournament and the PUBG Mobile World Cup Experience

6. What are your and PMCS’ plans for 2027? Are you setting yourself a specific goal for next season?

Honestly, I don’t like looking too far ahead. I just want to play the next official tournament to the best of my ability.

7. You played for RUKH at the PUBG Mobile World Cup 2024. How much did that tournament affect your understanding of the game and your own preparation? Did you take anything useful away from it?

I wouldn’t say that experience had much of an impact on me. It was two years ago, after all, and the playstyle keeps changing. We played terribly at that PMWC — there’s not even anything to take away from it.